Hi there Democracy Advocates!

We have some breaking news that we want to share with you.

CMD is the first news outlet to obtain the 2019 tax records of the VDARE Foundation, the nonprofit behind Peter Brimelow's VDARE, a white nationalist hate group. Those records show that VDARE's donation revenue was more than eight times the total from the year before. This huge funding boost, partially from the Koch-connected DonorsTrust, enabled VDARE to purchase a castle in West Virginia and increase its dangerous white nationalist activities.

In collaboration with the Southern Poverty Law Center, we just published this scoop on the hate group's massive revenue increase, and what it means for the country.

Donors Pumped Millions into White Nationalist Hate Group

SPECIAL REPORT published with the Southern Poverty Law Center:

The foundation of white nationalist hate group VDARE took in $4.3 million in 2019, over eight times more than the year before, according to tax records obtained by CMD and shared with Hatewatch.

 

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More Coverage of Extremism from CMD

Koch-Favored DonorsTrust Keeps Funding Anti-Muslim and Anti-LGBTQ Hate Groups

The bigoted nonprofits that wealthy conservatives fund through DonorsTrust include some that the Southern Poverty Law Center identifies as hate groups.

 

Funding Hate: How Online Merchants and Payment Processors Aid White Nationalists

Amazon, DonorBox, and Stripe are among the well-known companies that are helping white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups sell goods and raise money, increasing the likelihood that more hate crimes inspired by their ideas will occur.

 

Trump Megadonors, Freedom Caucus, and CEOs Bankroll QAnon-Supporting, Extremist Candidates

QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene and other extremist candidates find growing support from the GOP and corporate executives.

 

Thank you for keeping up with our investigative reporting. We appreciate your support as we expose the most nefarious groups and funders in the United States.

Arn Pearson, Executive Director

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